Man found dead with several gunshot wounds

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Ephraim Baptiste.{{more}}

A police report states that Baptiste, a 46-year-old farmer of Richland Park, was found on the beach at De Volet, on the country’s Leeward coast, with several gunshot wounds about his body.

The police estimate that he was killed between 6:30pm on Wednesday, June 2, and 6am on Thursday, June, 3, last week.

Up to press time Wednesday, police were awaiting the result of a post mortem to determine the cause of death.